Rockingham County News

A system put in place to help warn you about emergencies needed a life line. The just launched emergency alert system for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County crashed.

The New Market Shockers are again near the bottom of the Rockingham County Baseball League standings, but at least there's some potential attached to the team's woes this year.

When 59-year-old Sam Saufley didn't come home at his regular time on Saturday, his family went looking for him.

Darrell Eugene Farley, from Howardsville is accused of going online multiple times and asking kids for sex.

Many people asked Darla Miller over the years, "What does Sam Saufley do?" It's a trick question, said Miller, principal at Valley Vocational and Technical Center in Fishersville.

Doug Geib, Rockingham County voter registrar, will travel to Albania to act as a monitor for that nation's June 23 parliamentary elections.

Rockingham County officials sent AT&T back to the drawing board to see if it can find a better place for a proposed telecommunications tower that has neighbors up in arms.

Dorrall Price, 19, of Harrisonburg, a student at Old Dominion University, moves a chair for Retha Reed at her home on Shen Lake Drive in Rockingham County on Wednesday.

The tornado sirens that alerted many in Oklahoma saved lives. In Harrisonburg and Rockingham County there isn't a siren system in place.

Voter turnout in today's primary is predictably low in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

A problem at the Maryland Avenue substation was left a wide swath of downtown Harrisonburg without power this morning, according to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Emergency Communications Center.

One of two Augusta County men accused of breaking into several Rockingham County homes pleaded guilty Friday in Rockingham County Circuit Court.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of the region, including Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

First responders today are reminding drivers to look out for emergency vehicles on the road.

Mrs. Marshall was born May 23, 1929, in Rockingham County, a daughter of the late Jesse E. and Rosa Dean Hammer.

The District 1 Rockingham County School Board race has its first taker: LaDonna Shiflet, 51, of Broadway, filed Tuesday to run in the Nov. 5 election.

Voters across the northern Shenandoah Valley can vote in primaries Tuesday to determine who appears on election ballots in November.

She was born June 16, 1920, in Rockingham County, a daughter of the late Walter and Nellie Orebaugh.

The win upped the Diamondbacks' record to 4-1. Stuarts Draft took a 1-0 lead in the first when Jay Thompson tripled and scored on a wild pitch.

Dr. Eric Kramer , an emergency room physician at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, talks to fourth-graders at Peak View Elementary School on Monday about 911 and how ambulance calls work.